1st post-health problems with my cat

[RobLynn]

Update on Boi Brown (sox).

I took his cone off Monday, and let him around me where I could supervise. At first, he had no interest in licking his new pee hole, but then after he bathed his butt, tail, the fur above his pee hole, his legs and such, he went right for it. In 3 licks, I saw blood, so the cone went back on.

I removed the cone again today to see what would happen, and it went exactly the same way. He's eating from the bowl, and from my hand, and he's getting his fluids (sub q). I don't enjoy the amount of times I've had to poke him. Tomorrow or the next day (can't remember off hand) will finish up his 2nd bag of 1000mL. That cannot be good on the immune system with all of the needle pokes in him, his pee hole area needs to heal, not these pokes. I'm hoping that the cone can come off, and he will drink on his own once it's off.

He's been acting really pissy though. He has been sneaking downstairs, moving his foodbowl by the litter box, and kicking litter into the food bowl. I asked him, "buddy, that Waltham is like 35+ a bag, how about not wasting it by covering it in litter". No sooner I go back upstairs, I hear him downstairs kicking litter into it again.

He's being quite the irritable kitty

[jenluckenbach]

Poor baby. He sounds a bit miserable. But keep remembering......"this too, shall pass". Rutherford had the PU operation and the cone for what seemed like FOREVER! But it is long a distant memory now and well worth the bother.

[RobLynn]

Boi seems to be improving. He has been eating and drinking on his own. I have still been forcing him food and water at the end of the day. I see him eating levels that I'm happy with, but I don't mind him having "extra" calories and such right now, as he's really been sick. I've tried taking the cone off again, but he licks the area and he makes it bleed. The vet said if he just licks, it bleeds a little, but he doesn't pay a lot of attention to it, it's okay. He however is not doing that. He's paying a lot of attention to it. The sore was about the size of a pea, so it's the cone again until Friday. I'll try again at that point to see if it's bad enough to make it bleed. The vet said that it could have come off 2 weeks ago, so he's probably just healing slowly.

[Karen]

Glad he seems to be improving. I'd be cranky, too, in his shoes, once he's all healed, he should eventually forgive you the indignity of making him a conehead and be back to his old loving self. But you'll probably have to earn that!